[Texascavers] [Fwd: Bob Mitchell on Sotano de Huitzmolotitla 1958]

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:19:32 -0700 (PDT)

I am forwarding this message from Bill Elliott with an attached article written by Robert Mitchell. Converting from pdf. to doc resulted in the omission of accents and probably a few typos I didn't catch. But the article will give you a hint of who Dr. Mitchell was. At 105 m, the entrance drop of Huitzmolotitla is currently tied with 12 other pits as the 173rd deepest pit known in Mexico, according to Mark Minton's list of deep pits of Mexico (July 2009) on the AMCS webpage. But in 1960, it was one of the deepest. 

Logan

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Original Message
5:45 pm Friday March 26, 2010

Bill Elliott wrote
Here is an amazing story that Bob Mitchell wrote for the 10^th Anniversary Issue of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies in 1973. James Reddell reminded me about this account, which is the scariest, funniest story of an early exploration of a major pit cave in Mexico. I looked down this pit in 1969, and it is awesome.
I scanned the article and it is attached as a pdf. I hope you enjoy reading it and talking about it at the Bob Mitchell celebration tomorrow. I am so sorry I cannot be there in body, but I will be thinking about you all.
Several friends, including Masharau Kawakatsu, Oscar Francke, James Reddell, and Tom Poulson, have sent me papers, photos, and stories about Bob. Please feel free to email me material for the coming memorial pages on Mitchell at the Biospeleology website:/ http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/biospeleology/ / 

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Thanks,

Bill



William R. Elliott, PhD

Cave Biologist/Resource Scientist

Missouri Department of Conservation

Cave Lab, Runge Conservation Nature Center

P.O. Box 180

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180

/[email protected]/

573-522-4115 ext 3194

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